The Houston Astros are one win away from their fourth consecutive American League Championship Series after beating the Oakland Athletics 5-2 in Game 2 of the AL Division Series on Tuesday.
George Springer has been doing this long enough now that, while he stays numbingly the same, destroying baseballs deep into the postseason, the landscape around him has changed.
“These guys are a breath of fresh air,” Springer says, while name-checking Enoli Paredes and Blake Taylor, Andre Scrubb and Cristian Javier and Kyle Tucker. “They like to have fun every single day, they enjoy being there, they enjoy the whole experience of the big stadiums and all this. Certainly, the new guys have played no small role in these Astros’ rise from sign-stealing shame to World Series threat. After all, it was Framber Valdez, and not Dallas Keuchel or Justin Verlander, shackling the Oakland Athletics in Game 2 of the American League Division Series, following up on his crucial relief outing in the wild-card round at Minnesota.
This is not a recent phenomenon. Springer now has 17 career postseason home runs, tied for seventh all-time and one behind Reggie Jackson and Mickey Mantle.
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